No wide beams at Grand Union lock
THE broken lock on the Grand Union Canal has been 'made safe' but prevents wide beam access.
Leeds & Liverpool open this week-end
WITH scaffolding contractors now on site at Barrowford Flight it is expected that the a broken cill can now be quickly repaired.
Reflections of an Ancient Boater
WE HAVE great pleasure in giving you the first part of Reflections of an Ancient Boater by Ralph Freeman.
Another bridge completed on the Wey & Arun Canal
THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust volunteers managed to lay the final brick last week on the reinstated Harsfold Bridge.
Broken lock closes another canal
THE latest in the saga of broken locks is Ivinghoe Lock (32) on the Grand Union.
Woman stalked on towpath and raped
A WOMAN has been stalked along the Rochdale Canal towpath in Manchester and raped.
Are the broad locks the problem?
WE READ often of the stoppages on the broad canals such as the Leeds & Liverpool, Rochdale and Kennet & Avon that have regular stoppages, writes Clare Adams.
The Leeds & Liverpool is a risk too far
HAVING just read your article that the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is closed again I'm of the opinion that anyone attempting it is taking a risk too far, writes T. Lang.
Another Leeds & Liverpool failure closes navigation
FOLLOWING on the news that the Rochdale is closed for at least two weeks, it is now the turn of the Leeds & Liverpool!
Victor: The Rochdale woes
LEARNING that the poor old Rochdale Canal was closed again prompted an investigation.